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Octavious

Gender
Boy
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Origin
Latin
US rank, 2025
#5,397 for boys

Octavious is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “eighth”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).

What does Octavious mean?

Latin: spelling of Octavius, a Roman family name

“eighth”

A spelling of Octavius, from Latin octavus 'eighth'; Augustus, the first Roman emperor, was born Gaius Octavius.

Is Octavious a girl's or a boy's name?

Octavious is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Octavious in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,397th among boys
Babies in 2025
17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Octavious, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.

Half of all the boys named Octavious in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1917Busiest: 63 in 19922025
Octavious in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202517#5,397
202412#6,827
202323#4,452
202224#4,299
202138#3,120
202025#4,017
201924#4,226
201823#4,350
201734#3,310
201625#4,097
201530#3,590
201411#7,043
201322#4,311
201229#3,622
201125#3,992
201032#3,376
200935#3,222
200833#3,342
200740#2,918
200640#2,831
200531#3,237
200436#2,839
200326#3,438
200234#2,751
200142#2,342
200035#2,616
199947#2,020
199846#2,037
199756#1,727
199640#2,110
199542#1,983
199448#1,790
199340#2,002
199263#1,447
199151#1,626
199036#2,044
198939#1,886
198834#1,904
198731#1,970
198631#1,915
198524#2,225
198415#2,955
198333#1,710
198222#2,268
198124#2,137
198018#2,616
197915#2,896
197817#2,567
197723#2,063
197622#2,112
197521#2,133
197416#2,457
19737#4,052
197215#2,418
197114#2,557
197011#2,890
19690–
19687#3,364
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19575#3,991
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
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19380–
19370–
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19280–
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19220–
19210–
19205#4,284
19190–
19180–
19175#3,979

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Octavious: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/octavious, updated 20 October 2026.